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{Cottage Flowers} Queen Anne’s Lace
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Sally Lee by the Sea in GardeningQueen Anne’s Lace is a wildflower which grows along the country roads where we live in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a versatile flower which some consider to be an invasive and noxious weed. It’s amazing that something so delicate, romantic and beautiful can be considered so evil. Of course, there are benefits too – it all depends on who you are talking too!
During summer, the plant produces beautiful flowers that form a carpet of hundreds of tiny white florets. Although the first flush of Queen Anne’s Lace are gone, I recently found a few blooming along a local roadside where I captured this photograph. It had a little bumble bee visiting when I snapped the shot.
I wish that I had some scissors or shears with me so that I could of brought some home to use in my vases. Lara of Air Kiss had my idea too and she captured some beautiful photographs of these lacy flowers. We literally swooned when we saw her Queen Anne’s Lace displayed in Aqua Blue Jars …
When Queen Anne’s Lace is combined with white linens and dishes they create a perfectly romantic table setting for a wedding.
You really can’t deny the romance which these
native European wildflowers display…can you?
Sharing today with Tracie at Fishtail Cottage’s Cottage Flora Thursday
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They are such a romantic looking flower. Wish we had some around here. I miss picking them.
Queen Anne’s Lace is so photogenic and I absolutely love your work with it as well as Lara’s… truly beautiful! Larry
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I LOVE Queen Anne’s lace! I love seeing it growing along the highways! So pretty. And I remember when I was a little girl my mother used to place it in water with food coloring and they would absorb the food coloring and turn beautiful shades of pastel, depending on what color she used. So fun to do! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful pictures! I used Queen Anne’s lace in my wedding bouquet (and table centerpieces) with blue hydrangeas and champagne roses. It was a wonderful complement to the other flowers. It was also very inexpensive – I sent my son and his girlfriend out into the fields around our house to collect what I needed.
Oh my goodness I love the Queen Ann blooms! You are right, they would be gorgeous for a wedding. So pretty!
These are one of my favorites and bring back so many wonderful childhood memories. Your photos is gorgeous as are Lara’s.
Enjoy your day!
xoxoxo
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I love queen anne blooms:)) So pretty!
Have a wonderful week,
Kay Ellen
I’m not sure if you know you can make a delicious jelly with Queen Anne’s Lace. You just need the heads. It makes the most delicious slightly perfumed jelly, perfect on one’s English muffins or toast! It is one of the ‘country jellies.’
Oh how wonderful – I had no idea! Thank you for the tip, Elizabeth. :O)